But the problem is that the original plot is a bit bigger than a story of two white women fighting for the love of a Union soldier at the times of Civil War. There is also plenty of tension between these so-called women-centric protagonists and Mattie, the slave that they coerce. Along with Mattie, Coppola has ‘erased’ Edwina (a mixed-race teacher) thus avoiding the issue of white women and slavery.

The above-mentioned scenario brought the controversies of the past back to life. Sophia Coppola is offering us a disgusting cocktail of appropriation, white supremacy and racial discrimination, that perfectly shows how little has changed since the Civil War.